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    Day 7 with Lethargic sick RIR hen More Advice Needed PLEASE

    Hen still is not responding well and once again asking for advice. I have spent countless hours reading on BYC and confused as to what to do next. It appears she had mites and has been dusted and head shaking is not near as bad. She did eat scrambled egg with egg shell this morning. But...
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    Lethargic, dehydrated, not eating, head shaking... hen progress....Day 5

    Ok day 5 with my RIR gal who is 3yrs old. I am posting this in hope that I can get interaction in comments as for what I have done so far and what is going on with her. 1. Thought that since my one hen had the runs that I had worms so treated with Wazine 17 ...the entire flock (4 hens)...
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    UPDATE on sick hen need advise PLEASE!!

    My RIR gal is still alive to date. I did yet another "bath" on the butt and soaked her longer to clean it up. My husband was holding her and claimed he saw white things moving on her head...lice...mites...I do not know. She is "drying" right now but want to treat for mites and lice. What do...
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    Please help regarding Ivermetican

    I wormed my 4 RIR's with wazine 17 3 days ago. One hen had the runs and saw a white pea shaped thing in her poop but she ate it before I could scoop it up and look at it. So as mentioned I wormed her and the others. Two days ago I noticed that she was lethargic and isolated her in a very very...
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    sick hen need advice

    I have 4 RIR's and one showed signs of diahrea and saw what looked like a white pea type thing. I opted to use Wazine 17 for worming yesterday and the other hens appear to be fine but now this one hen is staying in the nesting box since 10 am and previously was walking around inside. I opted...
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    shell-less egg

    A little background first.....I have 4 RIR's that are about 20 months old. I got them last April and they were all already laying. This is my first winter with them and the egg laying did cut back to about half (2 eggs or less ) per day. They all appear healthy. I have noticed that in the...
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    embroidery +

    Just had to share for I am sure others swore off collecting chicken stuff. As I have an embroidery machine ....I now started getting chicken embroidery designs...this was my first one. As my gals are known here as the Valley Chicks...went ahead and embroidered it too. I found the vintage...
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    Update on coop after 10 months

    About 10 months ago I came to BYC and looked for help on questions on chicken coop construction and raising hens. I can never thank you all enough for helping me and wanted to share with you the latest pic of the coop at Christmas. Silly me decided to decorate the coop rather than the house...
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    recommendation for protein for molting

    I noticed yesterday that one of my RIR gals is losing some feathers around the neck area. Was inquiring as to what you would recommend I feed as an additional protein source for the gals to ease on the molting. I have read and do not know if it is recommended that black oil sunflower seeds can...
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    New Coop Completed Picture but may have a problem...with sand bed

    Here is the new coop/pen completed. I got 4 RIR's and decided after reading many posts to try the sand in the pen. There is about 4 to 5 inches of sand. I tried to rake it but seems like it is going down into the sand and hard to get up. Under the coop is very difficult to clean out without...
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    coop construction and number of hens question

    coop/pen almost completed...since the picture was taken it has been stained and getting ready to fill with sand. the pen is 4 x 8 and coop is 4 x 6 with the availability of the hens to go under the pen. How many hens can I have with this size coop. Also it has 6 nesting boxes.
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    New coop and pen on dirt...Need some advice

    As i am brand new to hens, I have almost completed the construction of an enclosed pen. There is not one blade of grass just dirt and was wondering if I should put something down on the ground for my gals. Any suggestions? Sand? Hay? I am clueless. Please help.
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    New member from North Carolina

    Little introduction ....I live in NC and a newbie to laying hens and hope folks here can guide me while i am in the learning curve. My Leonard's Buildings coop will be arriving here on Friday and the contractor is coming out next week to add a pen and to extend the roofline. Since I live in a...
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    NEWBIE..here and need help!

    I ordered a fantastic chicken coop and the contractor will be here next week to attach a large pen w/roof for my 6 RIR's layer hens. I started looking on this forum as to what feed is best for my girls and now thoroughly confused. So far I have read that people use Blue Seal, Purina Layena...
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